Example sentences of "i was [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was invited by two revolutionary movements , the Black Panthers and the Palestinians … . these two groups have a very strong erotic charge . |
| 2 | Many years and many visits later I was invited by Tim Littler to become the official wheel tapper for his exotic Orient Express voyages to Champagne being launched in August this year . |
| 3 | A few years back I was invited by the Church of England to be an ecumenical guest at a consultation , held at Ely , on the charismatic renewal movement . |
| 4 | I was invited by the owners of a struggling estate in Bardez province to look around their 300-year-old house . |
| 5 | Because I must have been noticed , I was invited by the families to play in mixed doubles . |
| 6 | I thought it would make me feel less helpless if I was opposed by something definite . |
| 7 | After the shock , I was warmed by the idea that the visitor was Jesus or an angel , and then terrified by the thought that it was an omen of my death . |
| 8 | ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ said Francis on the eve of the Coca-Cola Cup tie with Rangers . |
| 10 | Towards the end of my last year I was called by Bishop Knight and asked where I would like to serve . |
| 11 | As I was called by you on Question 16 , only to be discourteously interrupted by the hon. Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) , will you refer to the Procedure Committee whether or not such an interruption should be permitted as a means of closing a question , or whether Members should be afforded the courtesy of asking their question , after such an interruption , when Question Time ends ? |
| 12 | Therefore I was bound by certain of its manners and rules . |
| 13 | The SPAR system was developed at Cambridge University Computer Laboratory while I was supported by the British Library and King 's College , Cambridge . |
| 14 | I was grabbed by the lapels of my dressing gown and pinned against the wall . |
| 15 | This could be made in either double jacquard or Fair Isle and I was inspired by a sweater in very subtle colours worn by Iris Bishop ( not for once , one of her own creations ! ) . |
| 16 | Having kept tropical marines for a number of years , I was inspired by an article in an old fish keeping magazine , to keep native marines . |
| 17 | And I was inspired by the size of the contribution they were clearly destined to make . |
| 18 | I am not exaggerating when I say that I was inspired by all I saw at the adult education centres in Croydon . |
| 19 | I did n't buy any masks , but I was tempted by the matching two-foot-high figurines of King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya . |
| 20 | If ever I was tempted by the seductive stasis of an eidetic image , I punctured its reflecting skin with a dart and tore it away to reveal the structure of habit below . |
| 21 | I was tempted by fantasies of the past , |
| 22 | Before my fall , when I was a great man , I was tempted by meat and wine , and by the luxuries my position brought me . |
| 23 | I had no idea how much there was in there , but I reckoned it was probably what I was owed by the Scamp family plus a few expenses . |
| 24 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 25 | Dana went on with his friend to see her off at Le Havre , while I made my way to London , where I was joined by Dana a few days later . |
| 26 | ‘ I went to a tavern in Inverkeithing where I was joined by one of the King 's squires . ’ |
| 27 | I was lingering near the assembled bottles , wondering who on earth could have brought the Bourgueil , when I was joined by the man I had seen stepping out of the BMW . |
| 28 | At the end of the investitures I was joined by my family and we walked to the exit through the long corridors joined by small flights of deep-carpeted stairs . |
| 29 | One night I was joined by a visitor to Seend , anxious to be of help , Colonel Faithorne , who was some relation of the Bishop of Bath and Wells , and who showed intellectual interests , including a knowledge of Eliot , which I was not to meet again in a soldier until I made the acquaintance in 1974 of my late father-in-law . |
| 30 | The cast was rather good , featuring Bill Nighy and his floppy blond hair and a very svelte-looking Charlotte Cornwell , though I was irritated by the unsympathetic little-and-large duo at the centre , with Janet McTeer towering above the tubby little Imelda Staunton ( as I recall , the heroine of the book hunted alone ) . |